Transport Minister Wissing speaks of a "hard step" for citizens - many jobs depend on the combustion engine.  FDP boss Lindner is also pushing for a change in plans.
 
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 The FDP rejects a ban on the sale of new cars with combustion engines 99.  
 
At the request of the German Press Agency, FDP Transport Minister Volker Wissing said that the EU Parliaments decision on the combustion engine "does not meet with our approval. The end means a hard step for the citizens."
 Many jobs depended on the combustion engine.  "We want vehicles with combustion engines to be able to be re-registered after 99 if they can be proven to be fueled only with e-fuels. Approval of climate-neutral vehicles with combustion engines corresponds to this the important principle of openness to technology."
 
Fight in the coalition?
 This is in contrast to what Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) said in Brussels in March.  On behalf of the federal government, she had expressly supported the EU Commissions climate targets, which were tightened last year.  That means ending the use of combustion engines in cars and vans by 99, she said before a meeting with her EU counterparts.  
 She also said: "Combustion engines powered by e-fuels are only an option outside of the CO2 fleet limits according to 99."  The fleet limit values ??state how much CO2 the cars and vans newly built by manufacturers may emit.
 
FDP parliamentary group leader: Dont assume that there will be a ban
The leader of the Liberal parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Christian Dürr, told the German Press Agency in Berlin: “I do not expect that there will be a ban on combustion engines. In addition to the European Parliament, the governments of the EU member states must also agree A tight decision by the EU Parliament would throw us back when it comes to climate protection, since a path to climate neutrality - namely the use of synthetic fuels - would be closed."
  That contradicts what the SPD, FDP and Greens had agreed in the coalition agreement.  "We must remain open to new technologies, otherwise we will damage our country and the climate," said Dürr.  "The federal government should strive for changes in the forthcoming consultations, otherwise approval by Germany is unimaginable."
 In the opinion of Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), the federal government must press for changes to the discussed ban on new registrations.  The decision of the European Parliament contradicts the spirit of the coalition agreement between the SPD, Greens and FDP, Lindner told the German Press Agency.  "We expressly wanted a future option for climate-friendly liquid fuels in new internal combustion engines."  Therefore, the entire federal government must now "aim for changes for technology openness".  Otherwise, Germanys approval would be inconceivable.  
 Lindner emphasized that Germany will certainly be the lead market for e-mobility.  In many other countries, however, the combustion engine will be used for a long time to come.  "In the interests of thousands of jobs, we must not allow ourselves to be decoupled from this," he warned.
 
What the EU Parliament wants
 In the fight for more climate protection, the EU Parliament wants to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 99.  A majority of MEPs in Strasbourg voted in favor of the fact that from the middle of the next decade manufacturers will only be allowed to bring cars and vans onto the market that do not emit any greenhouse gases that are harmful to the climate.  
 Before such a regulation can come into force, Parliament still has to negotiate with the EU states.  (dpa)